2020 EVENTS and ACTIVITIES

Calendar

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January

21-24 World Economic Forum

Davos, Switzerland

21- 3 Feb 33rd Ordinary Session of the African Union

Summit

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

28- 2 Feb Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC)

Bangkok, Thailand

28 PMNCH/Countdown2030 PMAC Side-event:

Leaving no woman, no child, no adolescent

behind in efforts towards UHC

30-31 International Conference on Family Planning

Sydney, Australia

Janu

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February

3-7 Humanitarian networks and partnerships

week Geneva, Switzerland https://www.unocha.org/humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-week-

hnpw

3-8 146th session of the WHO Executive Board

Geneva, Switzerland

5-6 OECD High-level Conference on Ending Violence

Against Women Paris, France

6 International day of zero tolerance for female genital

mutilation

10-19 Commission for Social Development

UN Headquarters, New York

16- 18 PMNCH Board Retreat

Switzerland

19 Launch of the Lancet-WHO-UNICEF on child health

and wellbeing in the sustainable development context

Geneva, Switzerland

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March

8 International Women’s Day event (IWD)

8-10 Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference

Bali, Indonesia http://www.wleconference.org/

10-12 17th Dubai International Humanitarian Aid &

Development conference and Exhibition Dubai, UAE

https://dihad.org/

9-20 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW64)

UN Headquarters, New York

12 Engaging men in women’s health (International

Women’s Day event) House of Parliament, London, UK http://bit.ly/2HcdKne

18-19 Gavi Board Retreat

Location TBA

19-20 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the

UNECE region Geneva, Switzerland

24-26 High-level meeting on health security diplomacy

Marrakech, Morocco

30- 3 Apr Social and Behaviour Change Communication

Summit https://sbccsummit.org/ Marrakech, Morocco

30- 3 Apr 53rd Session of the Commission on Population

and Development New York, New York

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April

1-2 ECOSOC Youth Forum UN Headquarters, New York

https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/node/25553399

1-3 The SDG Global Festival of Action

Bonn, Germany https://globalfestivalofaction.org/the-festival/

3 ECOSOC Partnership Forum

UN Headquarters, New York https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/node/25553396

7 World Health Day

13-19 World Bank Spring Meetings

Washington, DC https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash

16-20 142nd Assembly of the IPU

Geneva, Switzerland https://www.ipu.org/event/142nd-assembly-and-related-meetings

24-30 World Immunization week

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May

5 International Day of the Midwife

7-8 Generation Equality Forum, Beijing+25

Mexico City, Mexico

14-15 Global Fund 43rd Board meeting

Geneva, Switzerland

17-21 73rd World Health Assembly

Geneva, Switzerland

17 3rd Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge

26-29 Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and

Sexual and Health and Rights Siam Reap, Cambodia

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June

2-6 UN High-level Conference on South-South

Cooperation Lisbon, Portugal

4-5 Gavi Replenishment

London, UK

9-12 Women & Girls Africa Summit

Durban, South Africa https://www.womenandgirlssummit.org/

10-12 G-7 Meeting

Camp David

19 International day of the elimination of sexual

violence in conflict

21-25 ICM Triennial Congress 2020

Bali, Indonesia https://www.internationalmidwives.org/

24-25 Gavi Board meeting

Geneva, Switzerland

30 25th PMNCH Board Meeting

Virtual

June

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July

1- 3 The 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit

Accra, Ghana HTTPS://YOUTHSDGSSUMMIT.ORG/

6-10 23rd International AIDS Conference

San Francisco & Oakland, California

7-10 Generation Equality Forum, Beijing+25

Paris, France

7-16 High-level Political Forum

UN Headquarters, New York

11 World Population Day

23 Goalkeepers Nutrition for Growth (N4G) springboard

event Tokyo, Japan

24-26 International Neonatology Conference

Budapest, Hungary

July

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August

1-7 World Breastfeeding week

Global

12 International Youth Day

19 World Humanitarian Day

24-28 WHO Regional Committee for Africa:

seventieth session Lomé, Togo

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gust

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September

7-11 WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia:

seventy-third session Thailand

14-17 WHO Regional Committee for Europe: seventieth

session Tel Aviv, Israel

15-30 75th Session of the UN General Assembly

UN Headquarters, New York

28-2 Oct WHO Regional Committee for the Americas:

seventy-second session

Washington, DC

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October

5-9 WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific:

seventy- first session Kobe, Japan

11-15 143rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Kigali, Rwanda

12-15 143rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Kigali, Rwanda

12-15 WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern

Mediterranean: sixty-seventh session Cairo, Egypt

11 International Day of the Girl Child

17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

18-21 UN World Data Forum

Berm. Switzerland https://unstats.un.org/unsd/undataforum/index.html

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November

9-20 2020 UN Climate Change Conference

Glasgow, Scotland

11-12 Global Fund 44th Board meeting

Location TBA

20 Universal Children’s Day

20-21 G20 Leaders’ Summit

Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia https://g20.org/en/Pages/home.aspx

25-10 Dec 16 Days of Activism against gender-based

violence

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December

1 World AIDS Day

1-3 26th PMNCH Board meeting

Mexico City, Mexico

10 Human Rights Day

12 International Universal Health Coverage Day

16-17 Gavi Board Meeting

Location TBA

17-18 Nutrition for Growth (N4G)

Tokyo, Japan

18 International Migrants Day

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